Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-25
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KANSAS STOCK AND FARM.

70 ana 80 inst.
Under like conditions young animals
make greater gain, in proportion to food
eaten, than those that are fully matursd.
Small chickens should never be kept
or fed with old ones, they are apt to be
injured. Have two or three yards, and
separate them according to size and
strength.
Great Ben Register: We are told
that blue grass is rapidly taking the
Rattlesnake bottoms and that IN some
places it has crowded out nearly all the
other grasses.
As sunhOWer seed is very liable to
heat, the safest way Of keeping it for
fowls is to cut OF the flower head when
the seed is ripe, and pile it loosely till
thrown to the fowls.
Steady application is what counts in
any business, especially in farming, for
In this employment day or an hour
wasted is usually more than loss Of time,
for it is opportunity gone.
Osborne Farmer: About four acres of
white beans Will be planted by VIII
Hull on his farm near Bristow. For
number of years past beans have been
sure crop in Osborne county.
It is. never good policy to divide a
farm in small fields, for it is waste OF
lands, waste of time, and oppressive in
crease of fencing that becomes burden
come tax in construction and mRinten-
Rnce.
jamestown Kansan: David Hornet
sold his wool the other day at 15c. per
pound. 1t averaged ten pounds per
head. thus bringing $3.50 per headi
nearly as much as the sheep were worth
last fall.
On the average farm a calf that will
In three years with the same feed and
and care make as heavy and as valuable
a heifer OF steer as another calf will do
In four years is worth at least $15 more
when dropped.
Strong City Independent: James
Kimme, living down the Cottonwood,
had a COW last week that gave birth to
three calves. The calves are doing well.
The fact is, Kansas is booming as she
never doomed before.
Reports to the Horticultural Society
show that the apple crop will fall short
this year fully three-fOurths. and that
Crehsrds which should have borne 1900
bushels Will not produce over 300 bush
els. The reports of the small fruits are
/ quite as discOurRging.
Ben: Perley Poore used to say that if
farmers would thrive they must change
their policy. They must concentrate
their labor, they must give to a few
!
many, and if necessary to do this they
must diminish their farms.
A clover pasture is Of the most value
for growing hogs, though very cheap
food for a part of the ration after the fat
tening process is begun. During the
spring, when most rapid growth is taking
place, an acre Of green clover would fur
nish green food for dozen or more hogs
being fed corn to fatten.
Hutchinson Ne1gs: n. @. Brown. a
farmer living one and e-half miles
/ west of town, possesses a natural curiosi-
! ty In the way OF week old calf, which
was born without eyes. There are two
holes in that part Of the head, where the
/ optics should be located, but nothing
like an eye has yet made its appearance.
Medicine Lodge I,sdeU: A man from
| Elk Falls shipped here last Saturday
two car loads of COWS and calves and sold
part of the lot at good prices The
/ farmers Of this county, seeing that their
corn crop is to be unusually large, are
even now buying more stock. The indi-
cations are that stock cattle and feeders
will command gO0d prices here this fall
Every farmer has noticed The deterior-
alton OF oats. The best varieties fail
back after a few years and are little bet
| ter than the common Oat. More Rtten-
/ ton might be proftabiy given to the
seed. Two suggestions have been made:
Thrash the bundles lightly with q fail
and thus get the best seed; the other,
winnOw out all the light oats.
The cat is a splendid food for young
animals, because, compared with corn,
straw, ETC., it Is rich in muscle and bone
forming elements; and this also makes it
a splendid food for work animals. Corn
should be fed sparingly to work animals,
during the summer especially, as it is
heating food. 1t will pay to make the
grain ration of oats in the morning and
at noon.
A little flock Of sheep on a farm
means a big little slug in the farmers
pocket at the end Of the year. We hear
Of a man in Butler county who bought
small flock Of sheep, for which he paid
81. 80 per head. The sheep were all ewes,
and the wool brought $1.13 per fleece
and the lambs S1.75 per head, making
S2.7O per head income on each sheep.
He hardly knew what the sheep had cost
| because he hardly missed what they ate.
CoffeyviIe Journal; June 9Th: George
Cameron brodght two stalks Of common
field corn TO The Journal Office on
Wednesday morning, that measured over
six feet In length. The tassels were out
nicely and the ears beginning to shoot
forth. The color OF the corn indicated
an unusually healthy growth.
WestmOreland Recorder: This section
Of the country was visited by a terrible
rain storm, during which the house on
Nike Monahan's farm a mile north OF
the city, was struck by lightning, wreck
ing the chimney, tearing out the east
end Of the house and killing the young
est child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Day.
At the tiuae of the shock Mrs. Day was
standing at the window watching the
storm, and holding the child In her
arms.
Sterling Republican: A gentleman
who resides In Sterling and who owns a
farm miles east, sent a son Of his TO do
some blowing. The old gentleman con-
Guided to 60 out and see how the boy
was getting along. When he arrived at
the field about half past eleven, he found